Film, Media & Theatre Employment Opportunities

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Performance [Log Number 24-040]

Be part of the School of Film, Media & Theatre’s growing faculty at Georgia State University, an enterprising R-1 university in Atlanta. Our next Assistant Professor in Performance will be a scholar-practitioner and will play a central role in the School of Film, Media & Theatre’s contributions to Georgia State’s strategic goals of highlighting the arts and media as vital to the quality of all major cities and demonstrating that students from all backgrounds can achieve academic and career success at high rates. Our faculty take advantage of our city’s vibrant theatrical community, including collaborations with the Rialto Center for the Arts and OutFront Theatre. Opportunities for support include intramural research grants, summer funding, teaching release time, graduate research assistants, travel funds, and assistance in pursuing external funding.

The School of Film, Media & Theatre is part of the College of the Arts, which was established in 2016 and also includes the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and the School of Music, and has a close relationship with the Creative Media Industries Institute. In addition to offering some of the university’s most popular majors, the college connects faculty and students with Atlanta’s thriving arts scene and booming film and music industries.

Georgia State University is a national leader in using innovation to drive student success and research growth. The university provides its world-class faculty and more than 50,000 students unsurpassed research, teaching, and learning opportunities in one of the 21st century’s great global cities. In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgia State as #2 in Most Innovative Schools, #7 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, #9 in Learning Communities, #6 in First-Year Experiences, and #21 in Top Performers on Social Mobility among national universities

Responsibilities
The selected candidate will be responsible for maintaining an active research/creative agenda, teaching undergraduate courses in theatre history, performance studies, and directing as well as graduate courses in performance studies, and participating in service at the department, college, and/or university levels.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications
• Ph.D. or MFA in Acting, Directing, Performance Studies, or a related field (in hand by August 1, 2023)
• An emerging record of creative work or research
• Experience in teaching at the university level

Preferred Qualifications
An established record of creative work in performance and theatre, particularly as a director with a specialization in African American theater and/or a record of teaching theatre that centers underrepresented theatrical traditions
An established record of mentoring students and/or colleagues, particularly from underrepresented groups

Submit:
1) a letter of application addressing the essential and preferred qualifications as well as your past and/or potential contributions to diversity and inclusion through research/creative activity and teaching
2) curriculum vitae
3) a portfolio of creative work or a scholarly writing sample
4) names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and titles of at least three professional references

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To ensure consideration, please email all materials by January 15th, 2023 to Lorna Dawe (ldawe@gsu.edu). Questions about the position can be directed to the search committee chair, Mary Emily Deal (maryemilydeal@gsu.edu). In person interviews, likely to commence in February. Should you be recommended for a position, an offer of employment will be conditional on background verification.

Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class. As a campus with a diverse student body, we encourage applications from women, minorities, and individuals with a history of mentoring under-represented minorities in film and media studies.

Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor in Film and Media History [Log Number 23-031]

Be part of the School of Film, Media & Theatre’s growing faculty at Georgia State University, an enterprising R-1 university in Atlanta. Our next Assistant or Associate Professor in Film and Media History will play a central role in the School’s contributions to Georgia State’s strategic goals of highlighting the arts and media as vital to the quality of all major cities and demonstrating that students from all backgrounds can achieve academic and career success at high rates.

Our faculty take advantage of our city’s many archives and historical organizations including collaborations with the Center for Civil and Human Rights, the College Football Hall of Fame, Coca-Cola, TCM, Turner, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, the Auburn Avenue Research Library, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, the MLK Center, the Georgia Association of Broadcasters, the Atlanta History Center, and Tyler Perry Studios.

This position is part of a cluster hire within the College of the Arts, designed to recruit a cohort of historians across the fields of Music, Art & Design, and Film and Media Studies to leverage relationships with these organizations and solidify the College’s efforts to foreground the histories of historically overlooked artists. Opportunities for support include intramural research grants, summer funding, teaching release time, graduate research assistants, travel funds, and assistance in pursuing external funding.

The School of Film, Media & Theatre is part of the College of the Arts, which was established in 2016 and also includes the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and the School of Music, and has a close relationship with the Creative Media Industries Institute. In addition to offering some of the university’s most popular majors, the college connects faculty and students with Atlanta’s thriving arts scene and booming film and music industries.
Georgia State University is a national leader in using innovation to drive student success and research growth. The university provides its world-class faculty and more than 50,000 students unsurpassed research, teaching, and learning opportunities in one of the 21st century’s great global cities. In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgia State as #2 in Most Innovative Schools, #7 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, #9 in Learning Communities, #6 in First-Year Experiences, and #21 in Top Performers on Social Mobility among national universities.

Responsibilities
The selected candidate will be responsible for maintaining an active research/creative agenda, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in film/media history, and participating in service at the department, college, and/or university levels.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications (Assistant Professor rank):
• Ph.D. in film/media or a related field (in hand by August 1, 2023)
• An emerging record of research;
• Experience in teaching at the university level

Essential Qualifications (Associate Professor rank):
• Ph.D. in film/media or a related field (in hand by August 1, 2023)
• An emerging record of research in film and media history;
• A minimum of 5 years experience in teaching at the university level

Preferred Qualifications (any rank)
• An established record of research in film and media history
• Excellence in teaching at the university level, particularly in historiography and in designing history courses which re-envision the film and media canon
• An established record of mentoring students and/or colleagues, particularly from underrepresented groups

Submit:
1) a letter of application addressing the essential and preferred qualifications as well as your past and/or potential contributions to diversity and inclusion through research/creative activity and teaching
2) curriculum vitae
3) at least one example of scholarly work
4) names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and titles of at least three professional references

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To ensure consideration, please email all materials by January 15, 2023, to Lorna Dawe (ldawe@gsu.edu). You can direct questions about the position to the search committee chair, Greg Smith (gsmith@gsu.edu). Should you be recommended for a position, an offer of employment will be conditional on background verification.
Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class. As a campus with a diverse student body, we encourage applications from women, minorities, and individuals with a history of mentoring under-represented minorities in film and media studies.

Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor in Film Theory [Log Number 23-030]

Be part of the School of Film, Media & Theatre’s growing faculty at Georgia State University, an enterprising R-1 university in Atlanta. Our next Assistant or Associate Professor in Film Theory will play a central role in the School of Film, Media & Theatre’s contributions to Georgia State’s strategic goals of highlighting the arts and media as vital to the quality of all major cities and demonstrating that students from all backgrounds can achieve academic and career success at high rates. Our faculty take advantage of our city’s vibrant arts programming and the success of our liquid blackness research group, for their scholarship, outreach, and mentorship. Opportunities for support include intramural research grants, summer funding, teaching release time, graduate research assistants, travel funds, and assistance in pursuing external funding.

The School of Film, Media & Theatre is part of the College of the Arts, which was established in 2016 and also includes the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and the School of Music, and has a close relationship with the Creative Media Industries Institute. In addition to offering some of the university’s most popular majors, the college connects faculty and students with Atlanta’s thriving arts scene and booming film and music industries.
Georgia State University is a national leader in using innovation to drive student success and research growth. The university provides its world-class faculty and more than 50,000 students, unsurpassed research, teaching, and learning opportunities in one of the 21st century’s great global cities. In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgia State as #2 in Most Innovative Schools, #7 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, #9 in Learning Communities, #6 in First-Year Experiences, and #21 in Top Performers on Social Mobility among national universities.

Responsibilities
The selected candidate will be responsible for maintaining an active research agenda, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in film theory, mentoring doctoral candidates through to dissertation, and participating in service at the department, college, and/or university levels.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications (Assistant Professor rank):
• Ph.D. in film/media or a related field (in hand by August 1, 2023)
• An emerging record of research;
• Experience in teaching at the university level

Essential Qualifications (Associate Professor rank):
• Ph.D. in film/media or a related field
• An established record of research;
• A minimum of 5 years experience in teaching at the university level

Preferred Qualifications (any rank)
• An established record of research in film theory with particular focus on non-mainstream or non-US cinematic filmmaking traditions, and/or its relationship to the sonic and visual arts
• Excellence in teaching at the university level
• An established record of mentoring graduate students and/or colleagues, particularly from underrepresented groups

Submit:
1) a letter of application addressing the essential and preferred qualifications as well as your past and/or potential contributions to diversity and inclusion through research/creative activity and teaching
2) curriculum vitae
3) at least one example of scholarly work
4) names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and titles of at least three professional references

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To ensure consideration, please email all materials by January 15, 2023 to Lorna Dawe (ldawe@gsu.edu). You can direct questions about the position to the Interim School Director, Ethan Tussey (etussey@gsu.edu). Should you be recommended for a position, an offer of employment will be conditional on background verification.
Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class. As a campus with a diverse student body, we encourage applications from women, minorities, and individuals with a history of mentoring under-represented minorities in film and media studies.